Last week was the AVP Banquet and I thought it went off quite well. It was the quickest most efficiently run banquet I think I have ever been too. Phil, Courtney Guerra and I all carpooled from Phil's house down to the Manhattan Beach Marriot where the AVP Banquet was being held. We got there around 7pm or so and socialized with friends and sponsors. At 8pm the banquet started and we had a nice dinner while Geeter MC'd the event. He talked about the season and the Olympics while ragging on everyone for eating while he was talking. Happens every year Geeter, get over it! :)
When Geeter was done and we had watched video highlights of the year, Leonard got up and talked about the year and going forward to next year. Then Geeter went into the awards. As you all know, Pedro Brazao got rookie of the year. Nick Lucena got most improved and tied with me for best defensive. Then Phil basically stood up on stage as he got best blocker, best offensive and MVP. All of them most definetely deserved.
Then the women got their awards and if you don't already know them they were Whitney Pavlik for rookie of the year, Nicole Branagh for most improved, Kerri Walsh for best blocker and like Phil, Misty swept the best defensive and offensive awards as well as MVP. That is probably my best run on sentence since 3rd grade!
By 9pm the banquet was done. Short and sweet. We hung out to take some pictures for about 20 minutes and then hopped back into Phil's sweet Scion. Easy drive back home by that time. I got home around 11:30 or so.
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Yeah, heard about this, any award you got was well deserved. Sounds like you had a good time as well. Hope Beach Volley Ball takes off even more , and if so, it would be because of you and the others.
Thanks
Thanks Todd for the recap...maybe after you retired you can write for TMZ. Any thought about playing the Hot Winter Nights match in Connecticut in January? Scott from Cape Cod
Todd,
So how do you think things stand with the AVP this coming year? Traditionally the AVP's revenue model has almost entirely dependent on SPONSORSHIP revenues, which has then exposed it heavily to the National economic condition. Currently as we all know things are getting tight on Wall st. and Main st.
Leondard seems to be able to keep the AVP financed, but the economic conditions in the past along side poor management has caused 2 bankruptcies. How do you think things look for the AVP, and on a side note how things look with the FIVB.
Enjoy the holidays! And get out and vote everyone!
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